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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
4 calories/gram
3 cups
2. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
albumin levels
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
3. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
one week period
dairy and fortified foods
milk - enriched grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
5.5 ounces/day
diet recall
TPN total parenteral nutrition
5. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
one week period
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
carrots and sweet potatoes
6. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
hemoglobin
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
decrease in total lymphocyte count
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
7. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
day week or month
decrease in total lymphocyte count
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
8. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
500 cal/day
decrease in total lymphocyte count
6 oz. a day
dietary approach to stop hypertension
9. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
300 cal/day increase
dairy and fortified foods
diet recall
one week period
10. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vitamin K
11. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
atrophy or wasting of muscle
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
3 cups
12. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
day week or month
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
dark green - orange - drybeans
13. What type of people need extra protein?
protein and fat
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
prealbumin levels
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
14. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
dark green - orange - drybeans
4 calories/gram
300 cal/day increase
15. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
5.5 ounces/day
dark green - orange - drybeans
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
16. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
prealbumin levels
vitamin K
atrophy or wasting of muscle
17. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
hemorrhage
rickets - osteomalacia
albumin levels
18. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
transferrin
300 cal/day increase
19. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
starches - sugars - and cellulose
essential amino acids
transferrin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
20. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
cream cheese - cream or butter
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
protein
21. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
prealbumin levels
low albumin levels < 3.4
6 oz. a day
22. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
hemoglobin
4 calories/gram
day week or month
3 cups
23. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
24. What is the function of vitamin C?
protein
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
milk - enriched grains
25. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
milk - enriched grains
protein
one tspn salt or less
26. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
pregnant women or elderly
one tspn salt or less
hemoglobin
B and C
27. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
transferrin
albumin levels
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
28. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
2.5 cups
3 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
29. Where can you get more vitamin D?
cream cheese - cream or butter
essential amino acids
hemoglobin
dairy and fortified foods
30. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
18-25
2 cups
albumin levels
31. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
4 calories/gram
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
32. What function is vitamin D?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dark green - orange - drybeans
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
33. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
protein
34. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
18-25
cream cheese - cream or butter
35. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
4 calories/gram
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
low albumin levels < 3.4
36. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
review of systems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
atrophy or wasting of muscle
37. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
18-25
low albumin levels < 3.4
38. Fats can lead to some medical problems
6 oz. a day
decrease in total lymphocyte count
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
milk - enriched grains
39. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
can consume more calories without weight gain
40. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
6 oz. a day
5.5 ounces/day
500 cal/day
hemorrhage
41. What are healthy sources of fats?
5.5 ounces/day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
dietary approach to stop hypertension
2.5 cups
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fats
43. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
hemoglobin
B and C
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
44. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
45. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
low albumin levels < 3.4
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
6 oz. a day
46. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
2 cups
transferrin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
47. What is normal albumin levels?
5.5 ounces/day
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
low albumin levels < 3.4
48. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
protein
antioxidant - immune function
protein
49. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
500 cal/day
dietary approach to stop hypertension
300 cal/day increase
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
50. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
5.5 ounces/day
day week or month
2 cups
300 cal/day increase